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Opal Queen Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270930
MAS/MILS ID 0320130383
Record type Site
Current site name Opal Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.07182, 41.82627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1555
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgin Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 026 E 08 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -119.07182, 41.82627
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINED AREA OF 50 PITS AND TRENCHES COVER AN AREA OF .4 TO .8 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WFOC CHARLES SHELDON ANTELOPE RANGE OPEN FILE WILDERNESS RPT

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL SURV CIRC 142, 1952, P.1-7

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE RPT 78-1002, P 112.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.